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IMPROVED METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING A LONG-RANGE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM

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00739788

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Abstract:

Current methodologies for developing, evaluating, and improving long-range rehabilitation programs may be classified as manual or analytical. The major limitation of manual methods is that although they are practical, they are not cost-effective because of the difficulties of comparing potential cost/benefit trade-offs among alternatives. Analytical methods, on the other hand, are more cost-effective but often not practical, because they oversimplify the real problem into a mathematical model and do not allow engineers and managers to be involved in the decision-making process. A new methodology and new concepts to overcome these major deficiencies were developed and implemented. The first of the new concepts is the use of graphical data interpretation and "visual thinking". The second is that pavement performance evaluation should be comprehensive and quickly accessible. The third is that human knowledge should be involved in the decision-making process through a user-friendly interface. The fourth is that the relationships among the components of the methodology should be flexible rather than rigid. Finally, the process should be efficiently repeatable so that a satisfactory long-term rehabilitation program can be developed. A user-friendly, Windows-based pavement management system, called Windows ILLINET, was produced in this study on the basis of the new methodology and concepts.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1568, Pavement Rehabilitation and Design.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Wang, Lin
Darter, M I
Hall, K T
Lu, Yu
Lippert, D L

Pagination:

p. 175-185

Publication Date:

1997

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1568
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309059747

Features:

Figures (10) ; References (8)

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Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces

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TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Aug 27 1997 12:00AM

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